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Funds are requested to support the oldest dedicated general phage meeting in the world, 18th Evergreen International Phage Biology Meeting. The biannual meeting is to be held in Olympia, WA and is scheduled for August 9-14, 2009. <P> The meeting is designed to bring together a diverse group of biotechnologists and basic research scientists that are engaged in the science of applying bacteriophage (phage) biology to current needs in health, food safety, and biotechnology. Attendance is also anticipated by funding agency personnel, regulators and journalists. <P> The funding will be utilized to facilitate the attendance and participation of U.S. scientists, especially junior investigators, Postdoctoral scientists, graduate students and under-represented minorities
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